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'ATTAoMENT POR HARNBSSIOR GAINS. NO. 328,292. 4 Pat'litd 0G13. 13, 1885*.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT W. COX, OF HASTINGS, NEBRASKA.

ATTACHMENT FOR HARNESS OR CHAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,292, dated October 13, 1885.

Application led Merch 12, 1885. Serial No. 158,601. (No model.)

To all whom it may' concern:

Be it known that I, .ALBERT W. Cox, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hastings,

in the county of Adams and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in' Attachments for Harness and Chains, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for harness and chains; and it consists in a bar having an oblong seat, into which a spring-link is inserted, the link being secured to a harness strap or chain.

The object of the device is to enable the bar to be turned so as to pass through a holdingring, and then be automatically turned at right angles to the plane of the ring by means of the spring-link.

The details of construction and operation of the device will be hereinafter more fully set forth in the specification, and pointedfout in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the device; Fig. 2, a perspective view of same; Fig.4 3 a .iletail view of the spring-link, and Fig. 4. a detail View of the holding-bar.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the bar A, of suitable size and form, is provided with a central oblong slot, a. 'The link B has two springarms, b, at one end, and a loop, b', at the opposite end. These springarms are inserted in the oblong slot a of bar A, and are normally spread apart, as shown in Fig. 1, where the bar is turned at right angles to the plane of the ring C. Suppose it is desired to remove the bar from contact with the ring. It is only necessary to draw it forward, so that one end can enter the ring, then press down on it, so as to compress the springends of the link B, and pass the bar through the ring. Instantly this is done and the pressure removed the spring ends b act to force the bar back into its vertical position.

It is obvious that there can be no slipping of the bar, as the spring-link acts constantly to hold the ba'r at right angles to the ring.

It'will be observed that as the bar is being turned 'the arms b of the link are being compressed and brought together at one end of the slot a and adj ust themselves there.

The bar can be turned in either direction, and when once in position there is no shaking or loose movement of the bar.

The link can be attached to harness-straps* such as breast-straps,halters,&c.-or to chains, and can be used wherever devices of this 11ature are required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, `isz-- In `a fastening device for harness and chains, the combination, with the holding-bar having the central oblong slot, of a link having two spring-arms inserted in and normally spread apart in the slotin the bar, and adapted to be compressed in said slot, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l ALBERT W. COX.

Witnesses:

A. H. CRAMER, W. H. DODD. 

